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At the National Mass for Altar Servers at Westminster Cathedral on 6
Recalling the
During an audience with the Pope, the Holy Father had asked the bishops to relay his message to 'be joyful in Christ'. Bishop John explained that joy 'm...Read more
By Barbara Kentish
Mariam Guérey (pictured) might be called a 'human face of human rights' in Calais, where she has been with Secours Catholique-Caritas France for 15 years. There are many more who deserve a mention, but her story is strik...Read more
by Deacon Adrian Cullen, Evangelisation Coordinator
For the missionary pilgrims who journeyed to Liverpool to attend Adoremus, the National Eucharistic Congress and Pilgrimage, the celebration of Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King could n...Read more
by Fr Stephen Coker
For the last 11 years I have been a full time Prison Chaplain, five years spent at HMP Highdown (Banstead, Surrey) and subsequently six years at HMP Pentonville which is near Kings Cross and has just passed its 175th anniver...Read more
By Sue GirvanÂ
On Monday, 14th May, having flown in from Heathrow the previous day, 29 members of St Luke's Parish, Pinner, including their Parish Priest Canon Robert Plourde and Father Hugh Preston SDB, left Montefiascone to walk 80+ miles ai...Read more
by Fr Nicholas Schofield, Diocesan Archivist
Launceston, 'the gateway to Cornwall, is a charming town situated two miles west of the river Tamar, the natural border that almost makes Cornwall into an island. Launceston was an important thorou...Read more
By Sr Clement DoranÂ
I am very happy to share with you some personal reflections on the World Meeting of Families, hosted by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, in August. Thankfully, it coincided with my visit to our retired priests in Ireland and my...Read more
by Roger Carr-Jones,
Marriage and Family Life Coordinator
One of the joys of being the Marriage and Family Life Coordinator is that, despite my not being physically able to join others at the World Meeting of Families (WMF),
I can share in it...Read more
Alan Mordue, nominated the Pauline Books and Media for Retail Group of the Year at the Christian Resources Together Conference in Swanwick.
To the sisters' suprise, the nomination was greatly supported by members from
the predominantly Evang...Read more
Through the International Citizen Service (ICS), Emily McGoohan, a young parishioner of Ss Alban and Stephen Parish in St Albans, volunteered with the charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) for 10 weeks in rural Cambodia, where she worked on a l...Read more
by Ciaran Webb
On Tuesday 10th July, 22Â
St Columba's Lower Sixth students gathered in the foyer of Terminal Two at London Heathrow, filled with eager anticipation of the long trip ahead. We had spent many months planning for this moment,...Read more
Adoremus: the Eucharistic Congress marked a beginning in the revitalisation of Eucharistic devotion in this country. How beautiful it was to see hundreds of people processing through the streets of Liverpool behind Our Blessed Lord, truly present ...Read more
Years 4, 5 and 6 pupils from
St John Fisher Primary School, Pinner, took part in a Blessed Sacrament Procession led by
Fr Graham Stokes from St John Fisher Church, North Harrow.
It encouraged pupils to develop a deeper understanding of the place ...Read more
Founded on the Catholic Church's vision for marriage and family life, and sensitive to the complex reality of family today, the Companion aims to support parishes, schools and chaplaincies in their interface with families, identifying take-oÂff...Read more
By Fr David Stewart SJ
Recently, at the National Adoremus Eucharistic Congress, large numbers of the faithful visited the Pope's Prayer Network exhibition stall and that of our colleagues from Dublin, the Sacred Heart Messenger, the Jesuit-ru...Read more
Bishop Paul McAleenan, the lead Catholic Bishop for Migration and Asylum has welcomed a call from the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the World Council of Churches, for Christians to stand against the rising tide of xenophob...Read more